1And now, A! ye preestis, this maundement is to you.

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Joel 3:9, Joel 3:11, Joel 3:9, Joel 3:11, 2 Chronicles 25:8

2If ye wolen here, and if ye `wolen not putte on the herte, that ye yyue glorie to my name, seith the Lord of oostis, Y schal sende nedynesse in to you, and Y schal curse to youre blessyngis; and Y schal curse hem, for ye han not putte on the herte.

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Psalms 80:12, Psalms 80:13, Psalms 80:12, Psalms 80:13, Zephaniah 3:11

3Lo! Y schal caste to you the arm, and Y schal scatere on youre cheere the drit of youre solempnytees, and it schal take you with it.

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Ezekiel 23:14, Ezekiel 23:15, Ezekiel 23:14, Ezekiel 23:15, Isaiah 63:1

4And ye schulen wite, that Y sente to you this maundement, that my couenaunt were with Leuy, seith the Lord of oostis.

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Jeremiah 4:13, Jeremiah 4:13, Isaiah 66:15, Nahum 3:2, Nahum 3:3

5My couenaunt was with hym of lijf and pees; and Y yaf to hym a drede, and he dredde me, and he dredde of face of my name.

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Jeremiah 46:12, Jeremiah 46:12, Nahum 3:18, Jeremiah 51:27, Jeremiah 51:28

6The lawe of trewthe was in his mouth, and wickidnesse was not foundun in hise lippis; in pees and in equite he walkide with me, and he turnede awei many men fro wickidnesse.

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Isaiah 45:1, Isaiah 45:2, Isaiah 45:1, Isaiah 45:2, 2 Peter 3:10

7For the lippis of a prest kepen science, and thei schulen ayen seke the lawe of `the mouth of hym, for he is an aungel of the Lord of oostes.

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Isaiah 38:14, Isaiah 59:11, Isaiah 38:14, Isaiah 59:11, Luke 23:48

8But ye wenten awei fro the weie, and sclaundren ful many men in the lawe; ye maden voide the couenaunt of Leuy, seith the Lord of oostis.

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Genesis 10:11, Revelation 17:15, Isaiah 48:20, Revelation 17:1, Jeremiah 51:30

9For which thing and Y yaf you worthi to be dispisid, and bowen to alle puplis, as ye kepten not my weies, and token a face in the lawe.

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Isaiah 33:4, Ezekiel 26:12, 2 Chronicles 36:10, Jeremiah 25:34, Daniel 11:8

10Whether not o fadir is of alle you? whether o God made not of nouyt you? Whi therfor ech of you dispisith his brother, and defoulith the couenaunt of youre fadris?

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Psalms 22:14, Psalms 22:14, Joel 2:6, Daniel 5:6, Joel 2:6

11Judas trespasside, and abhomynacioun is maad in Israel, and in Jerusalem; for Judas defoulide the halewyng of the Lord, which he louyde, and he hadde the douyter of an alien god.

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Isaiah 5:29, Isaiah 5:29, Jeremiah 2:15, Jeremiah 2:15, Jeremiah 50:44

12The Lord schal distrie the man that dide this thing, the maister and disciple, fro the tabernacle of Jacob, and him that offrith a yifte to the Lord of oostis.

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Jeremiah 51:34, Jeremiah 51:34, Psalms 17:12, Isaiah 10:6, Isaiah 10:14

13And eftsoone ye diden this thing; ye hiliden with teeris the auter of the Lord, with wepyng and mourenyng; so that Y biholde no more to sacrifice, nether resseyue ony thing plesaunt of youre hond.

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Psalms 46:9, Nahum 3:5, Jeremiah 21:13, Psalms 46:9, Nahum 3:5

14And ye seiden, For what cause? For the Lord witnesside bitwixe thee and the wijf of thi `puberte, that is, tyme of mariage, which thou dispisidist, and this is thi felowe, and wijf of thi couenaunt.

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15Whether oon made not, and residue of spirit is his? and what sekith oon, no but the seed of God? Therfore kepe ye youre spirit, and nyle thou dispise the wijf of thi yongthe;

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16whanne thou hatist hir, leue thou hir, seith the Lord God of Israel. Forsothe wickidnesse schal kyuere the closyng of hym, seith the Lord of oostis; kepe ye youre spirit, and nyle ye dispise.

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17Ye maden the Lord for to trauele in youre wordis, and ye seiden, Wherynne maden we hym for to trauele? In that that ye seien, Ech man that doith yuel, is good in the siyt of the Lord, and siche plesen to hym; ether certis where is the God of doom?

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